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The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker Kindle Edition
In The Pot and How to Use It, Roger Ebert—Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic, admitted “competent cook,” and long-time electric rice cooker enthusiast—gives readers a charming, practical guide to this handy and often-overlooked kitchen appliance.
While The Pot and How to Use It contains numerous and surprisingly varied recipes for electric rice cookers, it is much more than a cookbook. Originating from a blog entry on Roger’s popular Web site, the book also includes readers’ comments and recipes alongside Roger’s own discerning insights and observations on why and how we cook.
With an introduction by vegetarian cookbook author Anna Thomas and expert assistance from recipe consultant and nutritionist Yvonne Nienstadt, The Pot and How to Use It is perfect for fans of Roger’s superb writing, as well as anyone looking to incorporate the convenience and versatility of electric rice cookers into his or her kitchen repertoire.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
- Publication dateSeptember 21, 2010
- File size3211 KB
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- ASIN : B004W9B94G
- Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC (September 21, 2010)
- Publication date : September 21, 2010
- Language : English
- File size : 3211 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 132 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,130,442 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #115 in Rice Cooker Recipes
- #243 in Cooking Rice & Grains
- #523 in Rice & Grains Cooking
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Roger Ebert is the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic from the Chicago Sun-Times. His reviews are syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and Canada. The American Film Institute and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago have awarded him honorary degrees and the Online Film Critics Society named his Web site (rogerebert.com) the best online movie review site
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In a nutshell, this is a book about how to make good food easily, with a minimum of fuss or equipment. And at least 90% of the time, that is all I have time (or energy) to do. The overriding theme seems to be shortcuts and simplicity, and at least in my opinion, that is a very good thing.
But none of that really matters. If you enjoy reading and have a sense of irony (Ebert cannot eat what he creates, afterall), spend a few bucks to enjoy his dry wit, cool writing style and invitation to *explore*. Oh, and maybe you'll learn a nifty trick or two you can do with a rice cooker. That's just icing on the cake. cake in the pot...? hmmm...
However, it seems to me that many of the meals that could be made in the rice cooker are somewhat like stunts: yes, you CAN make it in a rice cooker, but it'd be much more practical to make it in other ways.
-But that is assuming you have other ways to cook- and if you do not- well, this book gives some guidelines on how to use a rice cooker to cook healthy and wholesome meals all on its own.
It was a fun read, regardless.
I pretty much use mine only for cooking grains... but it's brilliant at that, and so is one of the few appliances (the other is the Kitchenaid) that has a permanent spot on my counter.
If all you can have or store is a rice cooker- this will help you make wholesome meals with it. If ytou have a more extensive kitchen- it's got some good ideas, but is not as useful.
I stumbled upon it in a reference on Ebert's blog and it is in fact like a lengthy blog entry that is inspirational and up-lifting;but if you are looking for a typical one tbsp of this, half a cup of that cookbook, there are probably other ones that will make more sense.
I have already bought a second one for my son and will probably be purchasing many more as gifts, along with a rice cooker of course.
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I miss you, Roger!





